Head-on crash near Dowagiac sends 3 to hospital

March 16, 2011|South Bend Tribune Staff Report

DOWAGIAC -- Three people were injured in a head-on crash Wednesday afternoon in Cass County, northeast of Dowagiac, authorities said.

Cass County Sheriff Joseph M. Underwood Jr. said in a press release that a car driven by Tiffany Tanzillo, 17, of a Dowagiac, slammed head-on into a vehicle driven by Fannie Mitchell, 71, and carrying passenger Jerry Mitchell, 49, both of Decatur, on Marcellus Highway at the intersection of Twin Lakes Road in Wayne Township at about 2:40 p.m.

The pair from Decatur were transported to Borgess Lee Hospital in Dowagiac.

The teen was taken to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo.

A nursing supervisor at Borgess Lee said about 6:30 p.m. that the pair were being treated in the emergency room and their conditions were stable.